Some subscribers to
the American Math Forum and NYC Hold might be interested in a recent
post "R.L. Moore - Pioneer of Math Education Reform #2"
[Hake (2013d)] at <http://yhoo.it/XPvHhp>. The abstract
reads:

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ABSTRACT: Contrary
to the misrepresentation of the "Moore Method" at
<http://bit.ly/LElQzB> by direct instructionist Wayne Bishop
(2013a) at <http://bit.ly/11f8CTH> (click on the pdf and html
attachments) , I excerpt ten commentaries demonstrating that the Moore
Method is, in fact, (a) an example of "math education reform,"
and (b) taught by a "guide on the side." The commentators
are:

1. Keith Devlin 1999) in "The Greatest Math Teacher Ever"
part 1 at <http://bit.ly/12GYCSR> and part 2 at
<http://bit.ly/17pBWdu>.

Therein Bishop stated: "I do wish Prof. Hake would demonstrate
the intellectual honesty of including, to all of his lists, the
original post along with his supposed refutation of it."

In turn, I do wish that Prof. Bishop would demonstrate the
intellectual honesty of including (along with his supposed refutation
of my post "R.L. Moore - Pioneer of Math Education Reform"
[Hake (2013a)]:

(a) the hot-link
<http://yhoo.it/132baYU> to the above original post (Hake,
2013a) of 14 Apr 2013 15:57:26-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold;

(c) the hot-link
<http://bit.ly/174fJAD> to CORRECTION [Hake (2013c)] to my
original post (Hake, 2013a, transmitted to Math-Teach (to which Bishop
subscribes) on 15 April 19:38-0700 and to EdResMeth (to which Phelps
subscribes) on 15 April 19:42-0700, and to other discussion lists at
about the same time, i.e., about 5 hours after alerting the
Math-Teach, EdResMeth and other lists to the original "R.L. Moore
- Pioneer of Math Education Reform" (Hake (2013a). The
CORRECTION read as follows:

Note that: (a) the
correction was transmitted to Math-Teach on 15 Apr 2013 19:38-0700 so
that Bishop should have been aware of it before transmitting his post
to American Math Forum & NYC-Hold on 16 Apr 2013 12:36:28-0700;
and (b) the correction replaces the dead link
<http://bit.ly/qvnOIa> to Bishop's post (evidently caused by
malfunction of the Math-Teach archives) with the hot-link
<http://bit.ly/137Wvvk>. [A better link would have been
"<http://bit.ly/11f8CTH>, click on the pdf and html
attachments."]

That a malfunction
of the Math-Teach archives was responsible is clear from the fact that
the link <http://bit.ly/qvnOIa> worked perfectly on 14 Apr 2013
15:57:26-0700 when I posted (Hake, 2013a) to AERA-L and
Net-Gold.

"An exclusive focus on basics leaves students without the
understandings that enable them to use effectively. A focus on
'process' without attention to skills deprives students of the tools
they need for fluid, competent performance. The extremes are
untenable. So, why have so many people taken extreme positions, and
why are things as polarized as they are? More important, what might be
done about it?. . . . . . . I remain convinced that there is a large
middle ground. . . . . . .One way to reclaim the middle ground,
suggested by Phil Daro (2007), is to define it clearly-to specify a
set of propositions that will call for some degree of compromise from
reformers and traditionalists alike. That middle ground would be
broadly encompassing, containing propositions that most people would
find reasonable (or at least livable). The short-term goal . .
. must be to capture the middle ground for the majority. Efforts
must be made publicly to identify the extremists for what they are and
to marginalize them. The math wars have casualties-our children, who
do not receive the kind of robust mathematics education."
- Alan Schoenfeld (2004)

REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 18
April 2013.]

Bishop, W. 2013a.
"Re: Direct Instruction rocks: Or does it?," online on the
OPEN! Math-Teach archives at <http://bit.ly/11f8CTH>. Post of 06
April, 01:09 AM (the Math Forum fails to specify the time zone). Click
on the pdf and html attachments.

Hake, R.R. 2013a.
"R.L. Moore - Pioneer of Math Education Reform," online on
the OPEN Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/132baYU>.
Post of 14 Apr 2013 15:57:26-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract
and link to the complete post were transmitted to several discussion
lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/XLLYE2> with a provision for comments.

Hake, R.R. 2013d.
"R.L. Moore - Pioneer of Math Education Reform #2," online
on the OPEN Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/XPvHhp>. Post
of 16 Apr 2013 09:57:44-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and
link to the complete post were transmitted to several discussion lists
and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/XLLYE2> with a provision for comments.

Schoenfeld, A.H.
2004. "The Math Wars," Educational Policy 18(1): 253-286;
online as a 78 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/XK7uJj>, thanks to David
Henderson of Cornell. Schoenfeld prefaces his essay with two quotes:
"Let the war rage" (Wayne Bishop) & "Can't we all
just get along?" (Rodney King).